Fort Lauderdale, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Fort Lauderdale's primary NOAA station, FT LAUDERDALE.
The climate verdict for Fort Lauderdale
Warm-season cooling demand defines Fort Lauderdale, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 76°F. Its climate comfort score of 65/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 76°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 65/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 68.8"
- annual precipitation
Fort Lauderdale: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00083163 · Fort Lauderdale, FL 76°F mean · 68.8" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-MID · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 76°F
- RANK-WARM #6,792
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Royal Palm Rang…
- PRCP-WET 68.8"
- SWING-NARROW 17°F
- COMF-MID 65/100
- LOAD-COOL 4,175 CDD
- STN-1 USC00083163
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Royal Palm Ranger Station, FL (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every FL station list.
- Fort Lauderdale (this station) 76°F
- Cold West Palm Beach, FL 76°F
- Hot Miami Beach, FL 76°F
- Near Royal Palm Rang…, FL 76°F
- Near N Miami Beach, FL 76°F
Fort Lauderdale sits in Florida, the #1 hottest U.S. state at 72.6°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale: 66/100 · grade C
Fort Lauderdale publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Fort Lauderdale, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 65/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 56 calendar days | 90/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 75.9°F · 8.4° from 67.5°F | 73/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 68.8 in · 33.8 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Fort Lauderdale · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fort Lauderdale stays in the tropical Köppen band: Af
Every month stays warm (coldest ≥18°C) and the driest month still averages ≥60 mm: tropical rainforest (Af). Class Af is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: tropical, specifically tropical rainforest.
- Köppen code
- Af
- Group
- Tropical
- Warmest month
- 83.3°F
- Coldest month
- 66.7°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · cooling-led station
Where Fort Lauderdale sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fort Lauderdale's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 1% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Fort Lauderdale sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 2% wettest
- Fort Lauderdale's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 98%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Fort Lauderdale is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fort Lauderdale compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fort Lauderdale's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
65 Top 44% score exceeds 56% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Fort Lauderdale's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 63 complete annual observations from 1914 to 2025, FT LAUDERDALE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.18°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Fort Lauderdale primary station fitted change +0.19 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76°F (24°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 77°F (25°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 79°F (26°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| April | 83°F (28°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| May | 86°F (30°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 6.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 9.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.6 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 7.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.7 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 83°F (29°C) | 8.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 21.1 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 10.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| October | 86°F (30°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 7.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| November | 81°F (27°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| December | 77°F (25°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Fort Lauderdale runs from a mild 57°F around January 14 to 91°F at the peak near August 4, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 7 through August 31, covering 56 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 1 to December 31.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 57°F around January 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 6, when 63% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 11 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 149 wet dates a year.
The widest day
January 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 18°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fort Lauderdale.
Where Fort Lauderdale Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 69 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 18°F.
Fort Lauderdale earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
8.6 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
17.2 days with precipitation
17.1 days with precipitation
18.6 days with precipitation
18.7 days with precipitation
14.4 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
Fort Lauderdale runs a summer-peaked wet season
37% of Fort Lauderdale's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is September at 10.0", on an unusually narrow 16.6°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: September, June, August, taking 40% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 2.7".
- Winter share: 12% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
When it rains in Fort Lauderdale, it arrives in quantity
68.8" of precipitation falls across only about 149 wet days here, averaging 0.46 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 149 a year, 41% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.46 inches
- Most wet days
- September, about 19
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 8
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Fort Lauderdale's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
171
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4,175
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside FL closest to Fort Lauderdale on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (76°F here).
- Kaneohe, HI 76°F · 0.0°F off
- Brownsville, TX 76°F · 0.3°F off
- Needles, CA 76°F · 0.3°F off
- Harlingen, TX 76°F · 0.3°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (68.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Robertsdale, AL 69.0" · 0.2" off
- Startup, WA 68.3" · 0.5" off
- Moss Bluff, LA 69.3" · 0.5" off
- Seward, AK 69.7" · 0.9" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Fort Lauderdale's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Fort Lauderdale. Cooling totals 4,175 degree days, more than double the 171 heating measure, and the 16.6°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 68.8 inches of precipitation at Fort Lauderdale. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Fort Lauderdale's 16.6°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 76°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Fort Lauderdale. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Fort Lauderdale's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For Fort Lauderdale that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Fort Lauderdale's primary station: FT LAUDERDALE (USC00083163). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1224000). Match rule for Fort Lauderdale: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Fort Lauderdale comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.